Scavengers Studio is the developer behind free-to-play battle royale title Darwin Project and the upcoming atmospheric road trip game Season. Whether the latter project sees the light of day is debatable because the studio has now been rocked by allegations of abuse and bullying according to an investigation by GamesIndustry.biz, something unfortunately not uncommon in the industry. The result is that, while the allegations are looked into, the company?s CEO has stepped down while the creative director has been suspended.
The original claims came from nine different current and former employees at the developer. They alleged there was a toxic work environment mainly created by the two people to found the studio, creative director Simon Darveau and CEO Amélie Lamarche, who had been romantically linked at the time the studio was founded. Screaming and yelling at employees was commonplace. Women would be belittled and often ?treated as if they did not know what they were talking about? by male employees. Many were victims of sexist remarks, and even inappropriate touching during a Christmas party.
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